Long time no minor version-up…

Here is an initial official release of a stable version **ruby 1.8**.

The _download site_ will lead you to the source code
ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz. Its MD5SUM is:

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The [download site][1] will lead you to the source code
ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz. Its MD5SUM is:
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582a65e52598a4a1e9fce523e16e67d6

Binaries are going to be there.

Some features are changed from previous stable version ruby 1.6.x; See
[https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/changes.1.8.0][2].

Thank you matz, and all committers, for all your trouble!



[1]: https://www.ruby-lang.org/download-1.8.0.rbx
[2]: https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/changes.1.8.0